Jens Stoltenberg, former NATO secretary general: ‘I am certain that the members of the Alliance will remain united to protect one another’

Jens Stoltenberg, former NATO secretary general: ‘I am certain that the members of the Alliance will remain united to protect one another’

Jens Stoltenberg, 66, is the most important Norwegian politician of his generation. His party, the Norwegian Labour Party, won the September elections, but governs in coalition with left-wing parties and must negotiate to get measures approved. From his office in an imposing, austere building in the center of the capital, Oslo, he observes the reconstruction work on the nearby prime minister’s office. The building was badly damaged in the 2011 t…